Crime Rates at Dean Street, Burnley, BB11 4AD

Dean Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 9th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dean Street (BB11 4AD) in the last 12 months was 696.6 per 1,000 residents and was 267.8% higher than the Coal Clough with Deerplay average (189.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 55.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 203.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dean Street (BB11 4AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westmorland Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnley Barracks (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.